San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-12-08

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| A FAIR PROPOSITION.
For the reasons above stated, q
we'll as various minor ones. We ar
favorably impressed with the idea o
the new departure in the newspape
and printing business in this place
and are ready to get out OF the wa.
ct any time, on the simple and Ger
tainly fair condition that the propos
ed stock company shall take ou
printing Office, newspaper and print
ing business and good will, at theil
fair valuation. This we cannot doub
they would as a matter OF course do
from the following among other con
siderations
1. When we came here we found
q small printing Office and newspa
per running, though just on the eve
of playing out" We had brought
with us q much larger Office, and die
not need a great part of the materia
of the one here, yet we thought il
only fair and honorable to buy it out
and did 30. Are we not, then, fairly
entitled to like consideration?
2. We have continued publishing
a paper here ever since-fourteer
years-without interruption. Dur
ing this period nearly oil the towns
of this section have had numerous
changes in the proprietorship OF
management of their papers, and as
a consequence many of them have
naturally been inferior. During this
long period 1t will scarcely be denied
that we have published paper quite
rs good as the market afforded, or
that we have labored steadily for the
best interests of this community
Certainly, therefore, we think we are
entitled to an "honorable discharge
in the way we have suggested.
3. But aside from these consider
atoms, we feel sure proper appreci-
alton as good business men of their
own best interest would prompt the
new management to buy us out.
Because we have very good Office,
considerably larger and better than
is common in towns of the class of
San Marcos. The material with
which the paper is printed speaks fol-
itself, while during a long period we
have added new job material every
year until now we have good and
complete outfit in that line. In
short, only q power press (when it
shall be needed) would be required
to make the Office just about all that
the new administration could reason
ably require. And again our office
is in regular running order, with a
fair and steady patronage. The
"plant" of the FREE PRESS may not
be a very imposing growth, but it is
strongly rooted in the regards of the
mass of the people of this county, and
has proved itself very tenacious oflife,
We cannot, therefore, for moment
suppose that the proposed new man
would think of the folly of
adding another Office here and Great
inga new business, when they can find
both thus furnished to their hands
at fair valuation.
We repeat, then, thai on the sim
pie condition above stated, we are
ready at any time to cheerfully step
down and out" If there be any,
whether friends or foes, who fancy
we are indissolubly welded to the
business of editing and publishing a
paper in San Marcos, we beg to as
sure them they are very much mis-
taken. We by no means deem it es-
sential to our hopes of happiness
here or hereafter. After twenty-eight
years of editorial service we are quite
willing to ''take a rest We need
scarcely say, therefore, that, while
we favor the new movement as above
stated, we would not expect or de
sire any nosition or connection with